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Visitors come to Boston for the lobster roll, cold with mayo or warm with butter, and the city's oyster bars and waterfront counters make plenty of good ones. North Shore roast beef is on the way.

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A James Hook lobster roll with a cup of melted butter

James Hook & Co. – Waterfront

Grab a Sandwich Lobster Roll Open Now Closed

A lobster dealer in business since 1925 that runs a no-frills lunch counter at its Atlantic Avenue shop. You order past the live lobsters and get a hot-dog bun packed with meat, dressed with a little mayo. Boston Magazine named it 2025's best casual lobster roll.

440 Atlantic Ave, Boston, MA

Lobster roll on a hot-dog bun

Row 34 – Fort Point

Grab a Sandwich Lobster Roll Open Now Closed

The original Row 34, in a 1908 Boston Wharf Company warehouse on Congress Street, open since 2013. The menu leans on oysters and fish, and the lobster roll comes either way: cold and classic, or warm and buttered.

383 Congress St, Boston, MA 02210

Lobster roll, cold or warm with butter

Neptune Oyster – North End

Grab a Sandwich Lobster Roll

An oyster bar on Salem Street in the North End with one of the city's best-known lobster rolls: a big pile of Maine lobster on a toasted brioche roll. You choose hot with butter or cold with mayo.

63 Salem St, Boston, MA 02113

Lobster roll, hot with butter or cold with mayo

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